TCM Schedule for Wednesday, December 3: Unconventional Romances/Hanna-Barbera - Part 1

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Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Star of the Month: Merle Oberon (continued)

1:15 AM The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
The famed English monarch suffers through five of his six disastrous marriages.
Dir: Alexander Korda Cast: Charles Laughton, Merle Oberon, Wendy Barrie
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

TCM Late Night: More Private Lives

3:00 AM The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
Elizabeth I's love for the Earl of Essex threatens to destroy her kingdom.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Documentary

5:00 AM Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood (2019)
The history of Asian American roles and the casting of those roles in Hollywood are documented through archival footage and interviews with contemporary critics.
Dir: Clara Kuperberg, Julia Kuperberg Cast: Joseph McBride, Clara Kuperberg, Julia Kuperberg
Runtime: 55 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

TCM Daytime: Unconventional Romances

6:00 AM Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
A writer moves into a housing development to study married couples.
Dir: Jack Arnold Cast: Bob Hope, Lana Turner, Janis Paige
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

8:00 AM This Could Be the Night (1957)
A schoolteacher gets a secretarial job at a gangster-run nightclub.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Jean Simmons, Paul Douglas, Anthony Franciosa
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

10:00 AM The Prize (1963)
An American Nobel Prize-winner gets mixed up with spies when he travels to Stockholm to collect his award.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast: Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer
Runtime: 136 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

12:30 PM Don't Make Waves (1967)
A swimming pool salesman gets mixed up with beauty queens and bodybuilders when he falls in love on the West Coast.
Dir: Alexander Mackendrick Cast: Tony Curtis, Claudia Cardinale, Sharon Tate
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

2:30 PM I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968)
A henpecked L.A. lawyer escapes into the world of hippies and free love.
Dir: Hy Averback Cast: Peter Sellers, Jo Van Fleet, Leigh Taylor-Young
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

4:15 PM Ginger in the Morning (1974)
Teenage hitchhiker Ginger is picked up by a traveling salesman named Joe. He finds himself charmed by her free-spirited world view, and she is drawn to his old-fashioned values, resulting in a new friendship.
Dir: Gordon Wiles Cast: Monte Markham, Sissy Spacek, Slim Pickens
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: N

6:00 PM Corvette Summer (1978)
A high school student takes off in search of his stolen, rebuilt Corvette.
Dir: Matthew Robbins Cast: Mark Hamill, Annie Potts, Jon Terry
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

TCM Primetime: Hanna-Barbera - Part 1

8:00 PM Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (1964)
When Yogi comes out of hibernation in Jellystone Park, he demonstrates the qualities that make him so rare a bear: He successfully pits his wits against those devious circus magnates the Chisling Brothers, daringly raids Jellystone's picnic areas disguised as the Brown Phantom and romances his ever lovin' gal friend, Cindy ...
Dir: William Hanna Cast: Daws Butler, Julie Bennett
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC:

9:45 PM The Man Called Flintstone (1966)
The unmistakable Fred Flintstone is mistaken for a famous international spy! Fred's exact double, famed secret agent Rock Slag, has been injured on assignment. Now, Fred must step into Slag's trench coat and meet the exotic and notorious Tanya in Paris so the Flintstones and their neighbors, the Rubbles, leave on a trip ...
Dir: Joseph Barbera Cast: Alan Reed Sr., Mel Blanc
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Action Rating: TV-G CC:

11:30 PM A Christmas Story (1972)
A young boy's pet dog and a mouse embark on an adventure to deliver his letter to Santa on Christmas eve.
Dir: Joseph Barbara, William Hanna Cast: Daws Butler, Don Messick, Hal Smith
Runtime: 30 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y

12:00 AM Anchors Aweigh (1945)
A pair of sailors on leave try to help a movie extra become a singing star.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly
Runtime: 143 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

2:30 AM Dangerous When Wet (1953)
A family of fitness fanatics sets out to swim the English Channel.
Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Esther Williams, Fernando Lamas, Jack Carson
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

4:15 AM Invitation to the Dance (1956)
Three stories told in dance: a circus clown loves a trapeze artist; a bracelet passes from one lover to another; a sailor enters an animated Arabian Nights fantasy.
Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Gene Kelly, Igor Youskevitch, Claire Sombert
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y